Design and methods of the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 383-396

  Richters, Juliet ^a   Badcock, Paul B ^b,c   Simpson, Judy M ^d   Shellard, David ^e   Rissel, Chris ^d   De Visser, Richard O ^f   Grulich, Andrew E ^g   Smith, Anthony M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Hunter Valley Research Foundation   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methodology; National survey; Random sampling; Sexual behavior; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDY DESIGN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84910046823     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14115     Document Type: Article

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